Rabbits are bad news, both when it comes to your tidy lawn keeping the brown spots in grass from appearing and your vegetable garden. While they are cute and cuddly, rabbits possess an excellent sense of smell, and they also have an appetite for any type of grass and most veggies. To repel rabbits, consider the following methods:
- Use coffee grounds. While not considered a foolproof plan, the use of coffee grounds as part of a natural type of compost you might add to your lawn can often deter insects as well as some mammals from invading your lawn.
- Talcum powder may also do the trick, since rabbits are notorious sniffers and the powder can mess with their sense of smell. They will typically avoid any targeted plants that you add the powder to.
- There are special repellents available that are designed for rabbits. However, make sure that when you look for them you check to see that they’re organic and natural, as some chemical-based repellents may ruin your lawn and garden.
- Probably the most unusual method of repelling rabbits that was actually known to work in some cases, is sprinkling cut up human hair around the garden. Rabbits are known for avoiding the smell of human hair, and they might even think that a human is nearby when they get to your lawn and sense the scent of hair.